Testing, testing and more testing. For me, that means riding, riding and more riding. I guess, technically, that is called research and development.

Last year, I wrote about Victoria Skimboard’s wakesurf line testing grounds being here on Lake Martin. I have been working with the guys at Vic for a handful of years now, and their line has grown in the past few years with the enormous growth of the wakesurf industry. When I first called Laguna Beach, California, and spoke with the then team manager, there was one board, and it was optionally outfitted as a carbon fiber board of the same shape with different structural materials. The line has grown to include six shapes now, and the original board has been dramatically changed.